By Lyle Fulton
Clermont, FL… The College of New Jersey softball team saw its winning streak come to an end at five games as the Lions dropped a pair of games on Friday in Florida. TCNJ lost its opening game of the day falling to Penn State Behrend by the score of 5-4 and fell to Westfield State College in the second game, 2-1.
The Lions are now an even 5-5 on the season. TCNJ closes out its spring trip on Saturday facing Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham in a doubleheader at 9:30 a.m.
Penn State Behrend 5, TCNJ 4
The Lions saw their five-game winning streak come to a halt against the Behrend Lions as they scored the deciding run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The teams traded runs throughout with PSU Behrend getting two runs in the first, but TCNJ got them back in the third as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) came through with a key two-out single scoring Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) and Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo).
The Lions took their first lead of the game in the top of the fifth as Greeby again delivered the key hit, this time scoring Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) and Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor City, NJ/Oakcrest).
That lead was short lived as PSU Behrend got the runs right back in the bottom of the inning and then scoring the winning run in the sixth.
Greeby had a big game for TCNJ going 2-for-3 with four RBI, while Seavers and Lizzi also recorded two hits apiece.
Sophomore Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) and freshman Jamie Moir (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) each pitched for the Lions with Minervini getting the start and going into the fifth inning. Moir allowed only one run, but was credited with the loss.
Westfield State College 2, TCNJ 1
Moir suffered her second loss of the day despite turning in a solid effort on the mound. She went the distance and allowed only a pair of hits in the seven innings with six strikeouts.
TCNJ opened the scoring in the last of the second as Hagel raced home on a ground out by Lauren Musacchia (Westfield, NJ/Westfield).
Westfield State plated both of its runs in the top of the third to account for all of the scoring in the game.
Lizzi and freshman Kathy Sikora (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) each finished with two hits for the Lions, while Seavers went 1-for-3 extending her hitting streak to seven straight.
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